HOME PROBLEM SET 1

Name: ______________________________________________________________

1. Name and briefly describe three different surveying instruments used by early Roman engineers. (10
pts)
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2. Do laws in the country specify the accuracy required for surveys made to lay out a subdivision? If so,
what limits are set? (10 pts)
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3. Develop your personal definition for the practice of surveying. (10 pts)
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4. Compute Compute the lengths in feet corresponding to the following distances measured with a
Gunter’s chain: (30 pts)
(a) 25 ch 17 lk 50 rods Your Answer: __________________________
(b) 8 ch 20 lk 12 rods Your Answer: __________________________
(c) 24 ch 18 lk 6 rods Your Answer: __________________________

5. Express 21,748 ft2 in: (20 pts)

(a) acres Your Answer: __________________________
(b) hectares Your Answer: __________________________
(c) square Gunter’s chains Your Answer: __________________________

4. Express Express the value or answer in powers of 10 to the correct number of significant figures:
(5 pts)
(a) 11,254,253 Your Answer: __________________________
(b) 454520 Your Answer: __________________________
(c) square of 18,293 Your Answer: __________________________
(d) sum of (11.275 + 0.155 + 146.1212) divided by 7.2 Your Answer: __________________________

5. Round off the sum of 0.8765, 1.23, 245.567, and 34.792 to the appropriate number of decimal places.
(5 pts)
Your Answer: __________________________

6. How many significant figures are there in the following? (10 pts)
a. 0.9060 Your Answer: __________________________
b. 2.4608 Your Answer: __________________________
c. 460.0000 Your Answer: __________________________
d. 42,710 Your Answer: __________________________
e. 20.005 Your Answer: __________________________
f. 1.23 Your Answer: __________________________
g. 2400 Your Answer: __________________________
h. 4500. Your Answer: __________________________
i. 504.0 Your Answer: __________________________
j. 0.03570 Your Answer: __________________________